by Mike Garafolo and Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY Sports

by Mike Garafolo and Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY Sports

Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs reached an agreement only a few hours after general manager Scott Pioli was fired Friday.

Reid signed a five-year deal that includes authority over all football decisions, agent Bob LaMonte told USA TODAY Sports. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Chiefs have scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. ET Monday to introduce Reid.

"You've got a man who was chief cook and bottle-washer for so many years," LaMonte said. "He's used to that. At the end of the day, you want to keep that up."

Reid flew to Kansas City on Friday afternoon with his wife, Tammy, and Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt. He arrived at the team's facility to finish the finer points of the contract and become acclimated to his new workplace.

LaMonte said that as the talks progressed with the Chiefs, Reid quickly decided that he did not want to engage in a bidding war with the other teams that he talked with, the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers.

"The bottom line was that there was only one job that he wanted." LaMonte said. "That's why we didn't fool around."

Reid, 54, joins the Chiefs after 14 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles that began with promise and postseason runs that came tantalizingly close to the franchise's first Super Bowl title but ended with philosophical differences between him and upper management.

"Congratulations to Clark Hunt and the Kansas City Chiefs for hiring a good man and a good coach," Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a team-issued statement. "We wish Andy, Tammy and their entire family all the best in their new home."

Reid has not decided upon a general manager yet, but his connections to former Eagles general manager Tom Heckert and current Green Bay Packers director of football operations John Dorsey make them the likeliest of candidates.

Reid's record with the Eagles was 130-93-1 in the regular season but only 10-9 in the playoffs. After a free agent frenzy last offseason, the team went 8-8, which Lurie publicly stated wasn't good enough.

After a 3-1 start to this past season, the bottom fell out with eight consecutive losses, the firing of defensive coordinator Juan Castillo, a concussion that knocked out QB Michael Vick, a defense that couldn't cover anyone, the firing of defensive line coach Jim Washburn and the release of defensive end Jason Babin, who fired a few barbs back at Reid after landing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In his press conference to announce Reid's firing, Lurie indicated he wasn't pleased with the way Reid kept searching for the next player, coach or gimmick that would get the Eagles over the hump.

He didn't mention Reid by name but said the team had broken from its philosophy of making the right move, not the popular one, to be successful. Lurie also threw his support behind general manager Howie Roseman, whose player evaluations he said were among the best in the building.

Now, Reid is free to find his own GM to help him regain his control over personnel. The Chiefs' willingness to give him more power in that department is what helped them win over Reid and prove reports he was all but delivered to the Arizona Cardinals earlier this week were unfounded. Reid canceled any potential meetings with the Cardinals and Chargers after Wednesday's meeting with the Chiefs lasted about nine hours.